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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(32) Kevin Ces/Yannick Salvetti, France

Kevin Cès
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savigny-sur-Orge

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$172,437.50

Yannick Salvetti
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Marseille

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Doha 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$109,725.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	2	7	2	US$18,125.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,200.00
Overall	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	2	7	2	US$20,325.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Greg Brachard - 57th	Did not play
1998	Philippe Maz - 57th	Did not play
1999	Sebastien Baumgartner - 57th	Did not play
2000	Sebastien Huchard - 57th	Did not play
2001	Sebastien Baumgartner - 57th	Eric Meucci - 57th
2002	Yannick Salvetti - 37th	Kevin Ces - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q28	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q35	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q27	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q27	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q26	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	48	37th	24	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool A	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (16, Q3)	Lost 9-21, 12-21	0:30
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool A	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (17)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 7/18/2003	Pool A	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 20-22	0:38

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$10,000.00
Satellite	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$20,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kevin Ces												Yannick Salvetti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,712.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,137.50
44	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	0	$43,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	11	0	$43,525.00
84	0	1	0	2	5	14	16	15	0	$112,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	0	2	8	14	16	0	$56,862.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,100.00	Satellite	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00
140	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	25	0	$172,437.50	Total	133	0	0	1	0	6	14	19	27	0	$109,725.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	6	25.0 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$3,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$3,000.00	5	13	27.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kevin Ces													Yannick Salvetti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	$1,500.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,500.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	13	61.9%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	25	69.4%	4-32	11.1%	13-25	34.2%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	21-36	36.8%
2002-2003	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	5.0%	5	25.0%	14	70.0%	1-19	5.0%	7-14	33.3%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	10-20	33.3%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	4.3%	4	17.4%	18	78.3%	1-22	4.3%	14-36	28.0%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	10-24	29.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	21
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	19	17	3	9	0	0	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	39

Head to Head Results
Ces/Salvetti trail the series against the field 1-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-12, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 16, Q3 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-9, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 17 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	17	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Holden/Leinemann	25	Ces/Salvetti	48	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Brenha/Maia	24	Ces/Salvetti	48	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against Hager/Kroger, Germany 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Hager/Kroger	27, Q5	Ces/Salvetti	Q28	21-17, 21-16	0:51
Trail the series against # Q5 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	21-17, 21-7	0:35
Trail the series against # Q23 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q32	Ces/Salvetti	Q33	21-11, 17-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q25 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	Gosch/Strauss	Q30	21-12, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # Q29 Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 0-1
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	32, Q38	Ces/Salvetti	Q27	21-13, 21-13	0:38